all-powerful
adjective
all-pow·er·ful
ˈȯl-ˈpau̇(-ə)r-fəl 
: having complete or sole power
an all-powerful leader
Examples of all-powerful in a Sentence
that country's monarch was never an all-powerful ruler, but one who shared power with a parliament
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Without the need to glorify all-powerful rulers, the construction of new buildings and monuments stopped.
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Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Streep starred as Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor-in-chief of the fictional Runway magazine.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 May 2025
Balan’s character in Kahaani, Vidya Bagchi, is represented as the female hero who is portrayed, in parallel, as the all-powerful Goddess Durga of the Hindu pantheon.
—Sunil Sadarangani, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Though an older generation of moguls was fading—Diller glimpses a once all-powerful Warner brother emerging from a bathroom with a stain on his pants—the new generation was even crazier.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Streep starred as Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor-in-chief of the fictional Runway magazine.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 May 2025
Balan’s character in Kahaani, Vidya Bagchi, is represented as the female hero who is portrayed, in parallel, as the all-powerful Goddess Durga of the Hindu pantheon.
—Sunil Sadarangani, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Though an older generation of moguls was fading—Diller glimpses a once all-powerful Warner brother emerging from a bathroom with a stain on his pants—the new generation was even crazier.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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“All-powerful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-powerful. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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